你好 DLI families! Our countdown is drawing to a swift close--after today, there are only 7 days of school until we head home for winter break (December 20th-January 1st). This is our last full week of school, followed by a 3-day week.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION (there's a lot of it--buckle up!) School starts at 8:40 and gets out at 3:20. We will always enter and leave the building at the first grade doors! Bring your folder daily to school! Ms. Mack is in need of volunteers to staple math pages in her class! It also allows for parents to see how a Chinese classroom works even though you may not have any Chinese language skills! Here is the sign up for Ms. Terry’s classroom: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f094ba9ac2ba7fd0-volunteer Please note that if your student is not in her classroom at the time, you are still able to volunteer and help with the other class in the room! Attendance: We are still struggling to earn pieces of our Mr. Potato Head. Please make a concerted effort to have your student here each day on time. Once the Mr. Potato head guy is completed, the students will earn an incentive that they picked out! They are incredibly motivated but we need the extra help! CLEVER AND LEXIA HELP: Please go all the way to the bottom of this post! I’ve attached the directions! Please let Ms. Terry know if your student needs another badge. Most students know their login and password but will need help with @csddocs.org. We are working on learning the @ symbol but it is tricky! sing, Sing, SING! Christmas Sing Along for parents: Monday December 17th. K-2 from 2:00-2:30, and 3-5 from 2:30-3:00. Student Holiday Sing Along: Wednesday, December 19th from 9:00-10:00. Holiday Party for first graders will be on December 19th from 1:00PM to 2:00PM. View the sign up at the following link to donate needed items or to come in and volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f4aafaf2ca3fd0-1stgrade Winter break dates: Thursday December 20th-Tuesday January 1st. School resumes on Wednesday January 2nd, 2018, which is an A day (purple class will start with Ms. Terry, and green class will start with Ms. Mack!) *** REMINDER: Starting January 14th, students will no longer be allowed to speak English in the Chinese classroom....! We are happy to report that these first graders are already speaking in full sentences in Chinese, and are eager to use as much of the language as they can (in fact, they often jabber away in Chinese to Ms. Terry!). Please support your student by encouraging informal Chinese practice over the break to help them make a smooth transition when we come back in January. We know that family support goes a long way in helping these awesome first graders to develop the confidence and positive attitude necessary to be successful participants in the DLI program. We are immensely proud of their progress so far and are excited to see continued growth. LUNCH CHOICES Monday: Baked Potato, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: Holiday Dinner: Beef Pot Roast, Mashed Potatoes, Brown Gravy, & a Whole Wheat Roll Thursday: Dutch Waffle, Chicken Nuggets, or Taco Salad Friday: Pizza Ripper, Bean and Cheese Burrito, or Turkey Sandwich Monday: Whole Grain Soft Pretzel, Hamburger, or Grilled Cheese Sandwich Tuesday: Chicken Tortilla Soup, Mini Corn Dogs, or Chef Salad Wednesday: Country Fried Steak, Cheesy Nachos, WowButter and Jelly Sandwich WHAT WE ARE LEARNING ELA: This week, we are reading a story titled “The Big Circle” It is a fiction story. We will be using this text as well as other texts to talk and deepen our understanding of the sequence of a story. We will also be talking about how animal communities work together to survive. Our phonics focus for the week is learning about contractions as well as the long o: o_e. We have been talking a lot about how that e is such a bossy letter when it’s at the end of a word that it uses all its energy to make the vowel say its name that it just becomes quiet. Our conventions focus is proper nouns of days, months and holidays! We have started writing more each day! CHINESE: This week we will be reading and discussing two stories entitled, "Whose Shoe Is This?" and "Who Has Something To Share?" These stories will help students recognize and contextualize the following new characters which they will practice reading and writing: 马(horse), 牛(cow), 鸟(bird), 羊(sheep), 虫(insect/bug). Students will practice key phrases including "Is this your ....?", "No, it's not mine. Go ask ....", "Where is my....?", "It's here/It's not here." In connection with one of our stories this week, students will be allowed to bring ONE SMALL SHOW-AND-TELL item to school on FRIDAY DECEMBER 14th. The item MUST be small enough to fit inside their backpack. Delicate, expensive, or otherwise valuable objects should be left at home as items sometimes get left at school, mishandled or misplaced. MATH: Students have been working hard analyzing and interpreting data, and we are now ready to move on to unit 7: Extend the Counting Sequence. Students will be learning strategies to count beyond 100. These strategies include counting by 10s, counting on a number chart to 120, and counting on an open number line. Encourage your child to share what they are learning in school, and especially to demonstrate that knowledge with as much Chinese as they can! SOCIAL STUDIES: Students have been practicing describing the four seasons. We will continue to work on the four seasons, as well as learning about different types of weather in each season, and review school vocabulary. We are so close to a highly deserved break--let's have a strong finish! Thank you for your continued support. Your students continue to amaze us. CLEVER: Website: clever.com/in/canyons Purpose: Instant login to other sites Username: Student CSDDocs username (example: [email protected]) *Or Clever QR Badges for K-2nd Grade Password: Student CSDDocs password (example: tacofish4) Clever links to: Lexia Core 5 and iReady (only if Ms. Terry has asked you to do iReady). On an iPad, iPhone, Android or Tablet Download the Clever App How to Use the App First time: allow Clever to use your camera. 3-5th graders might need to enter their school name. Click the Program you Want to Use On a Computer Go to clever.com/in.canyons 3-5th grade students will use CSDDocs login K-2nd will scan their badges Click the Program you Want to Use Clever also Bookmarks (but does not login) to: Pearson Realize, Google Drive, Keyboarding Clever Troubleshooting: ● Make sure to go to the Canyons district login (clever.com/in/canyons) and not just google Clever. ● Make sure the right school is selected. ● For scanning Badges make sure the camera is enabled. ● Log out of parental gmail accounts before a student tries to login with their google account. (Or open Clever on a different web browser than the one the parent uses with their gmail account).
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